book launch
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BOOK LAUNCH: Our Subversive Voice: The History and Politics of English Protest Songs, 1600–2020
Join us for a discussion with the cohort behind this fantastic co-authored book that establishes the protest song as a mode of political communication. Covering five centuries in England’s history, from street ballads and art song to grime, hymns, music hall, and punk, this book explores the causes that protest songs adopt, the conditions that […]
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POETRY READING: KYLE LOVELL & ALEX MARSH DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH
FeaturedWE ARE BACK with another absolutely stellar poetry reading. Our friends over at The Poet's Hardship Fund have been busy with one of their fantastic imprints Chaff. We will be launching two new titles: Kyle Lovell's equisite God Bless All Petty Thieves and Alex Marsh's ingenius Holding Pattern. Alongside Kyle and Alex we are blessed […]
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ON TONY BENN: Andy Beckett and Melissa Benn in Conversation
To celebrate the long-awaited publication of Tony Benn's political writings, as well as the paperback edition of The Searchers, we welcome Andy Beckett and Melissa Benn to the shop for a conversation on Benn, his fellow Labour renegades and the future of the Labour left. We are delighted to be welcoming Melissa Benn to the […]
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BOOK TALK: SQUATTING LONDON with Samuel Burgum
FeaturedSquatting in London has a rich and diverse history. Today, squatters live a marginalised, stigmatised and criminalised existence, yet they persist. Behind the glittering façade of shiny new buildings, London is a network of vacant offices, boarded-up shops and dilapidated pubs that host some of the city's poorest and most determined citizens, exiled and increasingly […]
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The Politics of Motherhood: Alex Bollen & Helen Charman in conversation
FeaturedWe are very excited to welcome two brilliant contemporary feminist thinkers to Housmans; their projects address 'motherhood' and the figure of the mother, as the urgent political categories that they are. Alex Bollen is a Postnatal Practitioner with the National Childbirth Trust and researcher with over 20 years of experiance, in Motherdom: Breaking Free from […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: Hermaphrodite Logic: A History of Intersex Liberation by Juliana Gleeson
We are delighted to be welcoming Juliana Gleeson, one of the co-editors of the much acclaimed Transgender Marxism, back to Housmans to celebrate the publication of her new book: Hermaphrodite Logic: A History of Intersex Liberation. In this work, Gleeson examines the history of the Intersex Liberation Movement, and reveals the means by which it […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: EVERY MONUMENT WILL FALL: Dan Hicks in conversation with Dr Mai Musié & Onyekachi Wambu
Every Monument Will Fall: A Story Of Remembering And Forgetting ‘An extraordinary intervention. If you want to understand the stakes and the limitations of contemporary conflict over culture and colonial history this bold, provocative book is an indispensable resource’ — Paul Gilroy The culture war is over. If you want it to be. It wasn’t […]
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Book talk: Drax of Drax Hall with Paul Lashmar
FeaturedHow One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery We are delighted that celebrated journalist Paul Lashmar will be joining us for an evening at Housmans to discuss his latest book, Drax of Drax Hall: How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery. A brilliantly detailed […]
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POETRY READING: Briony Hughes launches SPECULATIVE FREQUENCIES
We are excited to welcome the daring and innovative poetry press Permeable Barrier back to Housmans and help them launch their sophomore publication: Speculative Frequencies by Briony Hughes. In this invigorating new collection, Briony Hughes uses her experiences tracking bats through the Surrey Hills as a means to expand 'communication' beyond the human body. The bat […]
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BOOK LAUNCH: REMEMBERING WOMEN by Christine Lehnen
FeaturedWomen do have a history of their own. All we need to do is remember it. We are delighted to welcome Dr Christine Lehnen to Housmans to discuss her illuminating new investigation, Remembering Women, that looks back at our collective memory to explore the myriad ways that women in the past have enjoyed a more […]
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SOLD OUT: Friends in Common by Laura C. Forster and Joel White
Housmans are delighted to be welcoming Laura C. Forster and Joel White to the shop for a dicussion of their wonderful, exhilarting book on the radical potential of friendship! Friendship is full of revolutionary potential in the face of a profoundly anti-social capitalist system. Friends in Common explores friendship as a radical practice, capable of […]
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POETRY READING: Pamemar Press x Tripwire Journal Leslie Kaplan translations
FeaturedWe are very excited to be welcoming our friends Tripwire Journal and Pamenar Press to celebrate the work of a very important writer indeed: Leslie Kaplan. We are very lucky to be hosting the launch of TWO Kaplan books available in English for the first time. The French poet, playwright, and novelist Leslie Kaplan has […]
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BOOK TALK: YOUR LIFE IS NOT A (FUCKING) STORY with Simon Critchley
FeaturedHousmans are delighted to welcome Simon Critchley to the shop to discuss a new volume of essays, 'Your Life Is Not a (Fucking) Story' published by everyday analysis. In this collection of his recent articles, Critchley - one of the most important living philosophers - takes us through his reflections on death, questions of doubt […]
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CANCELED: CARCERAL APARTHEID: Brittany Friedman in conversation with Ali Meghji
FeaturedPlease note this has event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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BOOK LAUNCH: FASCIST YOGA with STEWART HOME
FeaturedWe are very, very, very exited to be welcoming the dazzling provocateur, artist and all-round London legend STEWART HOME back to Housmans to talk about his latest book, Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness, a dazzling exposé on the violent politics and occultic fascism that underpins much of the […]
Free – £14.99
